When I was a little boy I used to lie in my bed and listen for the '9:09' It never ran on Christmas or the day that Jesus died but every other day it ran on time It always made me lonesome but it brought me comfort and what it did to me I can't ex plain And as I wonder through this harsh and gentle world Oh every now and then I wish I was a train Chrous Roll on roll on into the dark night Leavin' all my troubles be hind Carryin' my soul far far away Oh every now and then I wish I was a train Harmonica Break I loaded trucks in Isa rode the dingo fences cursed the ganger on the western line Started throwin' punches in a bar at Charters Towers They threw the book at me I did my time Chorus Bridge Cause a train don't weep a train don't feel heartache sadness and G pain And when I die just let my spirit ride on the boxcar of an ever rollin' train